SCOUTS NEED HELP FOR CAMPING TRIP

The boys in Cub Scout Pack 405 may have to cancel plans to camp over the next few weeks because someone stole their equipment Jan. 28.

It started when assistant cub master Frank Shoemaker was towing the camping trailer on I-95 on Jan. 27. The trailer got a flat tire, so he pulled off on Griffin Road. He left the padlocked trailer and drove off to make a telephone call, said den leader Brenda Eckley.

The following morning, Eckley stopped at the trailer and found the locks cut and the pack's coolers, fire buckets and a screen house missing.

The pack is seeking donations of money or equipment to attend three major campouts in the next few months. "Without [the equipment), our boys will have to camp with someone else," Eckley said.